Immigrants Weigh Splitting from Calif. School System

NPR | By Claudio Sanchez

Published November 29, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

In Fremont, Calif., immigrant students are earning top grades, and their affluent parents are threatening to create their own school in order to keep standards high. Hear NPR's Claudio Sanchez.

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